Between the main countries the UK, despite a very slight dip of 0.1 per cent in box office results, enjoyed a record-breaking year with over 177 million admissions, the highest level of cinema-going since 1970.

France, Spain and Russia achieved average results with European data, Germany (box office -14.8 per cent and admissions -13.9 per cent), suffered from a lack of successful local and international content.

Admissions per capita for all UNIC territories remained stable at 1.5 visits per year.